Problem
The complexity of the German court system makes it difficult for citizens to bring their cases to court. Lack of guidance in legal procedures leads to longer processing times for lawsuits and risks additional costs for redirecting cases.
Implementation
Our Court Finder (TEKO) provides a comprehensive and user-friendly court search that allows citizens to find the court that has jurisdiction over their case based on their location, the type of case, and other relevant criteria. The question-and-answer format processes user information using a decision tree algorithm. With the help of our Document Creator, citizens are guided through filling out the required information fields about their case such as contact and case description, which can then be exported as a PDF document for submission to the appropriate court. The application has been developed by utilizing Python and the Streamlit library.
Solution
TEKO is a web application that provides a court finder to locate the court with jurisdiction over a particular case and a document creator to assist citizens in providing the necessary information to file a lawsuit. Thus, TEKO is democratizing access to the legal system by helping citizens to file their case with the responsible court. Our solution empowers citizens with simplicity, time and cost efficiency as well as flexibility and availability.
Code
https://github.com/eric-official/teko
